Passengers panic as British Airways crew mistakenly announce the jet is going down

[beer]

• Scare for passengers on British Airways flight
  
• Crew accidentally played emergency message
  
• Told the jet would be landing on the water
  

PASSENGERS feared for their lives when British Airways cabin crew mistakenly announced their plane was about to make an emergency landing - on the sea.

Duncan and Tracey Farquharson said they were three hours into the Miami-London flight when a recorded message was played over the public address system warning that the aircraft was going down, the UK’s Telegraph reported.

The message said: “This is an emergency, we will shortly be making an emergency landing on water”.

Passengers began panicking before a flight attendant informed them it was a mistake about 30 seconds later.

“We looked at each other and figured we were both about to die,” Mr Farquharson said. “Families with children were distraught and people were in tears.”

The crew were allegedly blasé about the situation and did not explain the error until hour later upon landing at Heathrow Airport.

“Imagining yourself plunging towards a cold, watery grave in the middle of the Atlantic is a pretty horrific thought but they seemed very blasé about it.”

A spokesman for the airline confirmed the incident and said the crew apologised during the flight.

"The cabin crew cancelled the announcement immediately and sought to reassure customers that the flight was operating normally," the spokesman said.

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[beer]

I am guessing that the pilot was drunk :think:

[DKT27]

I am guessing that the pilot was drunk :think:

Pilot: "Drunk. And meh? No way.... (*hick*)." :P

[beer]

lol

I am guessing that the pilot was drunk :think:

Pilot: "Drunk. And meh? No way.... (*hick*)." :P

lol... or maybe a junior pilot that goes: "I wonder what this button do..."

[sanjoa]

or the pilot is friend of the sink italian boat captain? :rofl:

[beer]

or the pilot is friend of the sink italian boat captain? :rofl:

They were playing chicken, and the italian captain won. :lol: